Dr. Jonas Sliupas was a Lithuanian nationalist activist and
publisher. Living in the United States from 1884, he edited
and wrote in several publications, extolling Lithuanian independence,
liberalism, and atheism.

Dr. Sliupas returned to Lithuania after independence was gained
in 1918, served briefly as minister to Latvia and Estonia, and
worked on raising funds for industrial development, publishing,
and teaching the history of medicine. He was elected mayor of
the town of Palanga, but was removed during the Nazi occupation.

Dr. Sliupas left Lithuania before the Soviet invasion in 1944,
dying that same year in Berlin. His ashes were later brought
here to Chicago.